Wire fruit basket, wire citrus basket and wire paper basket "A Tempo": a New Simplicity - design Pauline Deltour
This family of project stems from the desire to work with a very elementary material, metal wire. Today's wire industry is highly developed, even though it,s a material that is often to industrial use rather than considered for domestic purposes. The objects in the "A Tempo" famity play in a crescendo of rhythm, movement, length and density. Working the wire as if were a graphic element allowed her to highlight its aesthetic qualities, creating an anusual, different language characterised by very special optical effects. The packaging is very basic: a simple sheet of paper used to wrap each object, just like the very first items sold bi Alessi.
The designers I meet, especially when they'
re very young, often have a good deal of courage and brashness that enables them to take on very difficult, tough issus fearlessly, such as trying to find a sort of New Simplicity in the myriad of the designer goods available today. The problem is knowing how to create something that is truly simple without just not repeating forms that already exit in the mare magnum of contemporary industrial production. Pauline has done just that, creating a family of steel-wire objects that not only have a first-rare image, but are also capable of expressing a breath of fresh hope and newness. (Alberto Alessi)
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